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Reflexive and Intensive PronounsReflexive and Intensive Pronouns88thth Grade English Grade English

Pronoun UnitPronoun Unit

You Tell Me…• What have YOU learned this unit?

Today…• We are going to learn about

reflexive:

And Intensive:

Pronouns!

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns are simple to find.

• Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns are formed by adding –self or –selves to certain personal and possessive pronouns!

• Ah…I smell a chart on the next slide…

The ChartReflexive and Intensive Pronouns

SINGULARMyselfYourselfHimself, herself, itself

PLURALOurselvesYourselvesThemselves

•Sometimes hisself is mistakenly used for himself and theirselves for themselves. Avoid using hisself and theirselves as they are NOT WORDS!

Reflexive Pronouns• A reflexive pronoun refers to a

noun or another pronoun and indicates that the person or thing is involved.

• HUH?

Let’s try this…• A reflexive pronoun is like a reflexive

noun.• It reflects the action back on the person

or thing.

• Ex. The woman bought herself a piece of cheese.

• The word herself reflects over the word bought.

Reflexive Pronouns• Most often, in a reflexive

pronoun case, the noun is reflected in the pronoun.

• The verb acts like a mirror, the pronoun is the mirror reflection of the noun.

• Ex. The girls asked themselves “What would Ms. Deckard do?

Find the Reflexive Pronoun

1. My sister Emmy never pictured herself playing team sports.

2. The players have to get themselves in step with the team.

3. One player can’t win a match all by himself or herself.

4. Olympic soccer player Mia Hamm said: “Don’t worry about how well you play; just enjoy yourself.

5. Tema players think of others besides themselves.

Reflexive Pronouns• Remember, if you drop the

reflexive pronoun, you change the meaning of the sentence. – The winners considered themselves

lucky.• The winners considered lucky. Huh?

Intensive Pronouns• An intensive

pronoun is a pronoun that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named.

• It adds POWER!

Intensive Pronouns• Intensive pronouns are

usually able to spot because they almost always follow the word being made more powerful.

• Ex.– Ms. Deckard herself

never wrote a paper for another person.

– I myself have never read any of Ms. Deckard’s work.

Find the Intensive Pronoun

1. Now Emmy herself admits that her best friends are her soccer teammates.

2. Pro athletes themselves encourage young people to join teams.

3. I myself didn’t try out for a team until I was 12.

4. Team players themselves need to think of others, too.

Remember…• Notice that when you drop the

intensive pronoun, the sentence still makes sense. – I myself keep saying “We’ll win!”– I keep saying “We’ll win!”

Says the same thing!

NEVER DO THIS…• Reflexive and intensive

pronouns have special uses. – They should NEVER be used

as the subject of a sentence. – They should NEVER be used

as the object of a verb or a preposition.

• That means don’t use them in the nominative or objective case!

NOT THIS…• Ex.

– Evan and I read “The Idiot’s Guide to Acting.” (NOT EVAN AND MYSELF)

– It pleased Evan and me. (NOT EVAN AND MYSELF)

– It didn’t please Ryan Pierce or her. (NOT RYAN PIERCE AND HERSELF!)

Try it yourself! 1. You should occupy yourselves by reading

one of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales. 2. His first three books of poetry were

themselves not successful.3. Poe did not think himself a writer of

inferior material. 4. Poe himself had a high opinion of his

abilities. 5. One of his first tales was superb; the tale

itself won a $100 prize. 6. One of the contest judges himself gave

Poe a job as a magazine editor.

Remember: • A reflexive pronoun is like a reflexive

noun; it reflects the action back on the person or thing.

• An intensive pronoun is a pronoun that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named; it adds power to the noun.

Our list…• A pronoun is like a stunt double in a movie. It is the

stand in for the regular noun. • When a noun is about to wear itself out in a sentence, a

pronoun can hop in!• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more

nouns and the words that describe those nouns. (Or, it is a word that stands in for a noun!)

• Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns.

• Personal pronouns are singular or plural. • Some personal pronouns are used as the subjects of

sentences.• Some personal pronouns are used as the objects of

verbs (direct objects!) or prepositions!

Our list…• The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun takes the

place of or stands for.• The pronoun almost always refers to the noun closest to

it. If you put pronouns in odd places, it’s hard to tell what the antecedent is.

• Subject pronouns are used in the nominative case, even if it is a compound subject.

• Object pronouns are used in the objective case, even if it is a compound object.

• Pronouns are polite; I/me is always last. • Me is objective; I is nominative…remember when to use

each! • Be careful when to use the word you. • Make sure to use the right case when you have

an incomplete comparison.

Our list…• A possessive pronoun is a pronoun in the

possessive case. • A possessive pronoun takes the place of

a possessive noun. • Don’t confuse the possessive noun its

with the word it’s.• An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that

does not specifically name its antecedent.

• It is general.

I smell a test coming up!